WATCH: A baby gets crowd-surfed at a Flo Rida concert
In recent months, celebrities have had some strange things thrown at them during their concerts—a mother's ashes were thrown onto the stage, and cellphones hitting the artists, among others. But it seems like fans are taking things far after a member of the audience at a Flo Rida concert handed their baby to the American rapper through crowd surfing.
The incident occurred during his set at the CelebrateErie festival in Pennsylvania. Footage of the event, which has since gone viral on social media, shows the crowd passing the baby over their heads until it ended up in Flo Rida's arms.
The singer then continued to sing his 2007 hit Low while dancing with the infant. He even held the microphone up to the baby's mouth, giving them the opportunity to sing along.
The footage then cuts to the baby being held up high by one of Flo Rida's crew members on stage, reminiscent of Simba from the movie The Lion King. This was while the rapper was performing his 2014 song GDFR.
A baby was crowd-surfed at a Flo Rida concert. pic.twitter.com/RT1Z1ElCUn
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While the concertgoers seemed to have been entertained by the idea of a baby being crowdsurfed towards the singer, social media users weren't so pleased by the "irresponsible" and "dangerous" act.
"This is the scariest thing I’ve ever watched my anxiety will not stop," one user wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Another one commented, "OMG? Why do people feel so comfortable bringing babies to concerts? Like so many things could go wrong in such a big crowd?"
Others meanwhile criticized how the baby lacked any gears to protect their ears from the loud music.
"Stop bringing babies to concerts, especially without hearing protection," one user wrote.
Another one added, "Whoever brought their baby to a concert without earmuffs and made them crowdsurf is on my top 5 people I want dead list."
Flo Rida has yet to comment on the incident. The rapper is known for his other international hit singles such as Right Round, Club Can't Handle Me, Good Feeling, Wild Ones, Whistle, I Cry, and My House.